English Setters

killer243 · 12-19-2004, 05:13 PM

hey everyone

my moms friends dog had puppies. 7 english setters and i am allow to get one! i had first picking and i picked one with a nice big wide head and was either the biggest or the second biggest dog there. it is a female and is only 3 weeks old so i won't be able to take it home for a while but i am still really excited!

what do you think about these dogs for hunting grouse and phesants? are they good dogs? i was looking at the mother and father and they are both pretty dogs and are pretty calm.

this is one of my christmas prestants what do you think?

Clockwork · 12-20-2004, 07:22 PM

nice!! they are known as "THE grouse dog" as they were primarily used for grouse in england. the good ones are hard to beat for pointing upland birds in thick cover. the only downside is that they are hard to train to retreive from what i've read. if possible, check the lines on the parents. are they proven hunters? llewellen strain by chance? the lewellen setters are ideal as i understand as some "game" has been bred out of some setters by the show crowd. nonetheless it will be a very good family dog and they are handsome.

i've thought about getting an ES in the future as a compliment to our GSP. make sure you are ready for that responsibility though, they are very active, need lots of excercize(leash walking is not enough, recommends at least 2 miles daily preferably running) and pretty rambunctious. they are pretty big dogs.

killer243 · 12-21-2004, 03:48 PM

thanks for the reply. there parents aren't hunters.

as for the running. where i live their is quite a bit of room to run around without getting in trouble. "about 20 acers in any direction" so he should stay in good shape.